Ch 2 - ACCT 1

Will Common Stock have a credit or debit balance?

credit balance

Will Salaries Expense have a credit or debit balance?

credit balance

Amounts owed to suppliers for supplies purchased on account are defined as:

Accounts Payable

Incurring an expense for advertising on account would be recorded by:

debiting an expense

Income Tax Payable has a debit or credit balance?

credit balance

T/F: Expense accounts increase with a debit and decrease with a credit.

True

T/F: Borrowing cash from the bank is recorded as debit to cash.

True

T/F: Revenue accounts increase with a debit and decrease with a credit

False

Purchasing office supplies on account cases assets to increase and liabilities to increase.

True

T/F: For each transaction, the total debit amounts must equal the total credit amounts

True

Childers Service Company provides services to customers totaling $3400, for which it billed the customers. How would the transaction be recorded?

Debit accounts receivable $3400,
Credit service revenue $3400

A company received a bill for newspaper advertising services received, $460. The bill will be paid in 10 days. How would the transaction be recorded today?

Debit advertising expense $460
Credit accounts payable $460

When a company pays utilities of $1760 in cash, the transaction is recorded as:

debit utilities expense $1760
credit cash $1760

Summer Leasing received $110000 for 24 months rent in advance. How should Summer record this transaction?

debit cash
credit unearned revenue

Assume that $17900 cash is paid for insurance to cover the next year. The appropriate debit and credit are:

debit prepaid insurance 17900
credit cash 17900

When a company pays $2100 dividends to its stockholders, the transaction should be recorded as:

debit dividends
credit cash

On March 3, Cobra Inc purchased a desk for $410 on account. On March 22 Cobra purchased another desk for $505 also on account, and then on March 24 Cobra paid $470 on account. At the end of March what amount should Cobra report for desks (assuming these t

$915

For each transaction recorded in an accounting system, the basic equation that must be maintained at all times is:

assets = liabilities + stockholders equity

which of the following is not an asset account?

accounts payable

An expense has what effect on the accounting equation?

decrease stockholders equity

Revenues have what effect on the accounting equation?

increase stockholders equity

Investments by stockholders have what effect on the accounting equation?

assets increase and stockholders equity increases

Providing services and receiving cash will:

increase assets & increase stockholders equity

Which of the following accounts has a debit balance

salaries expense

Which of the accounts are increased with a debit and decreased with a credit?

assets, dividends, and expenses

ON July 7, Siants Inc received $10000 in cash from a customer for services to be provided in Oct 10. Which of the following describes the transacation should be recorded on July 7?

Debit Cash $10000
Credit Unearned Revenue $10000

Posting is the process of:

transferring the debit and credit information from the journal to individual accounts in the general ledger

A trial balance can best be explained as a list of:

all accounts and their balances at a particular date